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Australian universities may no longer take part in regular, national peer-reviewed quality improvement processes but University of Southern Queensland vice-chancellor professor Jan Thomas believes such practices still have much to offer. Thomas told Campus Review that although Australia’s establishment of TEQSA ...

The federal opposition has welcomed the Australian National Audit Office (ANAO) announcement that it will scrutinise the VET FEE-HELP scheme. VET FEE-HELP is set up to help eligible students studying higher-level VET qualifications pay their tuition fees. But Labor Senator Kim Carr along with MP ...

Oxford University researchers have begun the first trials of an experimental preventive Ebola vaccine regimen developed by Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies. The trials come as the ongoing Ebola epidemic is affecting a growing number of countries including Guinea, Liberia, Nigeria, Senegal, ...

The acting chief commissioner of the Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency (TEQSA), Nick Saunders, has defended its accreditation of complementary and alternative medicine courses following heavy criticism from senior medical academic figures. The president of the Friends of Society ...

Better management of the body’s immune receptors could help doctors to reduce the severity of side effects and pain resulting from chemotherapy treatments for cancer according to University of Adelaide researchers. A paper, recently published in the journal Cancer Treatment ...

Young researchers from a diverse range of disciplines are being incentivised to take on dementia under a new program designed to encourage new approaches. Up to $46 million in joint funding from the National Health and Medical Research Council and the ...

New research has indicated that a significant percentage of WA’s nursing students have been exposed to aggression and violence while on clinical placement. The study, carried out by Murdoch University PhD student Martin Hopkins, surveyed150 second and third year bachelor ...

An audit of early education literacy teaching has called for sweeping changes in the way teachers are trained by universities and other providers. The report, officially released late yesterday by the NSW Board of Studies and Educational Standards (BOSTES) set ...

University deans have accused the NSW education minister of “fouling his own nest” over criticisms of accredited teaching courses which he told News Limited media were potentially letting down students and schools. Discussing the findings of a yet to be ...

University professionals have approaches and careers that differ from academics – but they’re still seeking similar ends. By Paul Abela This year, I have had occasion to talk to a number of professional staff who are facing some kind of ...